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16 Reasons Pigeons Need Celebrating n Kathleen Rooney’s New Novel!
Doves get loads of love.
Pigeons get nada. Make that less than nothing.
Why?
As an animal lover since birth, the kind who was severely bitten by a dog when I was six yet who still never feared them, pigeon haters have always mystified me.
Hmmm…
Doves: white
Pigeons: colored
Hmmm…
Doves: a little trimmer
Pigeons: a little stouter
Hmmm…
DO NOT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LINK that elaborates on what I’m getting at if you’re offended by ribald humor with liberal use of the f-word. FOR EVERYONE, THERE’S THIS LINK.
What do a penguin and a pigeon have in common? Sure, they’re both birds, and one might consider what I mentioned about doves vs. pigeons. In their case, however, that’s not what I’m getting to.
Marvelously, Penguin Books is publishing Kathleen Rooney’s most recent novel, Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, about a heroic pigeon!
Kathleen’s Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, sent me into such complete nirvana that I invited her to guest post on Happiness Between Tails — and she did!! — in this prior post.
